CHRIS P CAULEY
This is Chris P Cauley . com

I am a songwriter working in the vigorous Long Island indie rock scene. I write and record original songs playing all of the instruments. For live performances, I have a great group of musicians called the Chris P. Cauley Collective. This site is the hub of my creative efforts. Join the mailing list to stay in touch.




Press

From Newsday
"Soul Stirrings From Patchogue"
by Glenn Gamboa


"I know it's not for everyone, but my heart and soul is in all of it," the singer-songwriter from Patchogue says about his new EP, "Stirrings." "Not all of it is pretty and beautiful all the time, but it always has some soul." Though Cauley has been a fixture on the Patchogue music scene for years, including several bands and his stint running the open mic night at the Brickhouse Brewery, "Stirrings" is the first EP he's decided to work to promote beyond his live appearances. "I was just so happy with how it turned out," Cauley says. "Every single note is me. I play all the instruments on the CD, and I recorded it in my home studio. I think it sounds really good for a guy recording in his pajamas.""Stirrings" takes Cauley's love of Sonic Youth and The Cure and indie rock and welds it to some pop-leaning songs. The results range from "Guess It's True," which sounds like mid-'80s Sonic Youth, and "What to Do," which is drenched in Bowie glam, to the potent "About Loving You," which could have come from the latest Interpol album. Like all of Cauley's EPs, "Stirrings" is available for free on his website, chrispcauley.com. However, he has decided he also will let Paradiddle Records release a CD version.To get more people to hear "Stirrings," Cauley, who has played drums with many artists from the Patchogue scene, including Jay Scott and Nina Romano, has assembled a band to play area shows. "I just think I hit the mark this time," he says.


From Long Island Pulse
"Spiritual over Material"
by Drew Moss


While multi-instrumentalist/writer/performer/producer Chris P. Cauley stands firmly in the present, he’s surrounded by the past and reaching for the future. His broad catalog of soaring rock songs and soundscapes is brought to life through a vast collection of vintage guitars, amps and effects, which he marries to cutting edge digital recording and distribution technology.

“It’s the collision of all the toys I’ve been collecting since I was a teenager learning bass riffs in my attic bedroom,” said Cauley, taking a break between recording sessions at his own East Patchogue studio.

But these are merely the tools. It’s his passionate approach that puts Cauley over the top. “A true artistic journey is a spiritual one. For me, this culminates in an overall awareness of beauty that in turn brings about an understanding of how creative elements work together.”
Cauley now arrives at the defining moment in his fifteen year career as a Long Island independent force with a new collection of songs and a new band that will allow him to convey his message of “spiritual over material” in a fresh, inspiring way.

“My greatest strength is that I’m comfortable with my limitations,” he confesses with a grin. “I continue to study different approaches and techniques in my playing, songwriting and producing. I find these ideas creeping into my work. But as they say, often it’s just three chords and the truth. And I can live with that, too.”

Cauley’s music can haunt with a whisper or shake the roof with thunder and fury. “Sonic Youth is the stem-cell of my musical development” he confided. “Thurston Moore once said he never practiced guitar, he just played it. And I can really relate to that. I realize now that just by listening to SY as a teenager, their approach to composition, experimental tunings and so forth just leaked into my consciousness and informed on my style—permanently. I can’t shake it, nor do I want to!”

In early rehearsals, Cauley’s new four-piece is materializing in that New York art rock model, delivering sheets of white noise, climbing chords and sonic bliss. “[The new band] is working well. I am calling it The Chris P. Cauley Collective. The guys have the whole package: Chops, maturity and enthusiasm. The chemistry was immediate, so I have great expectations.”

Cauley’s power rock, his shitkicking punk blues, his soaring psychedelia and his pretty finger picking all do that dance between influence and independence. All of this and more culminated in the release of his new collection of free downloadable songs, The Stirrings, via his website in cooperation with Patchogue-based Evergreen Recordings.

“It’s no news that the standard method of music making, distribution and listening is dead. The digital age has obliterated the old model and I embrace that. My desire is to make music for music’s sake. To build it…and let them come.”



Videos
You need Flash player 8+ and JavaScript enabled to view this video.
You need Flash player 8+ and JavaScript enabled to view this video.
You need Flash player 8+ and JavaScript enabled to view this video.
You need Flash player 8+ and JavaScript enabled to view this video.
You need Flash player 8+ and JavaScript enabled to view this video.
Discography

Here are all of my releases available to date.

Girl EP

Released December 21st 2011. Written, played and produced by Chris P Cauley. Mixed and mastered by Dan Malloy at Vipen Studios.

Download Album

  Track Title Price
Get Out [4:17]  Free   Download WAV
Girl [3:18]  Free   Download WAV
Doesn't Even Matter [5:57]  Free   Download WAV
Underwater [4:20]  Free   Download WAV
I Blame You [3:29]  Free   Download WAV

"Stirrings EP"

Released April 1 2010. Mixed by Bill Herman and Chris P Cauley. Produced, recorded and performed by Chris P Cauley.

Download Album

  Track Title Price
Guess It's True [2:42]  Free   Download WAV
About Loving U [4:32]  Free   Download WAV
What To Do [3:41]  Free   Download WAV
Chair Up On the Wire [3:10]  Free   Download WAV
Autumn Leaves [4:06]  Free   Download WAV
Velvet Head [4:36]  Free   Download WAV

"10 Songs"

Released in 2008. Produced, recorded and all instruments played by Chris P Cauley. Mixes and mastering by Chris P Cauley.

Download Album

  Track Title Price
Birthday Party [4:13]  lyrics
Free   Download MP3
Where You Going Now [4:14]  Free   Download MP3
Don't Swim The River [4:11]  Free   Download MP3
Hold Tight [4:17]  Free   Download MP3
I Know [3:54]  Free   Download MP3
I'll Wait For You [4:06]  Free   Download MP3
Take Me As I Am [4:22]  Free   Download MP3
The News Today [3:54]  Free   Download MP3
Long Long Way To Go [3:40]  Free   Download MP3
Caught Up In the Fray [4:26]  Free   Download MP3

"Anzio EP"

Released in February 2007. Early effort in full production and performance. A dark set dedicated to my grandfather Raymond E. Mallen.

Download Album

  Track Title Price
Anzio [4:58]  Free   Download MP3
I Know [3:54]  Free   Download MP3
You Will Miss Me [3:53]  Free   Download MP3
I Will Remember [4:18]  Free   Download MP3
Leaving This World Alone [3:25]  lyrics
Free   Download MP3
Without Love [3:42]  Free   Download MP3
Push Out On The Water [3:45]  Free   Download MP3

"Acoustic Collection 2005-2008"

Released December 25, 2008. Collection of Acoustic songs from various sources recorded from 2005-2008

Download Album

  Track Title Price
Wolves [4:28]  Free   Download MP3
Birthday Party [4:13]  lyrics
Free   Download MP3
Long Long Way To Go [3:46]  lyrics
Free   Download MP3
Rivers [4:05]  lyrics
Free   Download MP3
Anzio [4:29]  Free   Download MP3
The Highway Man [5:25]  Free   Download MP3
What Would You Say [3:56]  lyrics
Free   Download MP3
The News Today from live in the lobby [4:21]  Free   Download MP3
Where You Going Now from live in the lobby [4:05]  Free   Download MP3
Sympathy for the Devil [6:27]  Free   Download MP3

 When playing live, I bring an excellent cast of characters to help me create some beautiful chaos. The Collective prides itself on tearing the tunes down and building them back up again. Come check us out soon.

Live Recordings

Live From The Congregational Church Patchogue

Two Track recording of our set at The Music Sets the Table Benefit at The Congregational Church in Patchogue NY.

Download Album

  Track Title Price
Eldorado [5:20]  Free   Download MP3
Birthday Party [5:10]  Free   Download MP3
Get Out [4:46]  Free   Download MP3
Doesn't Even Matter [6:11]  Free   Download MP3
Underwater [4:46]  Free   Download MP3
About Loving You [4:33]  Free   Download MP3
Cortez The Killer [6:04]  Free   Download MP3

Chris P Cauley Collective EP

Four songs played live in the studio with the band. Recorded at Paradiddle Studios by Bill Herman. Mixed by Bill Herman and Chris P Cauley

Download Album

  Track Title Price
Get Out [4:46]  Free   Download MP3
Girl [3:18]  Free   Download MP3
About Loving You [4:33]  Free   Download MP3
The Nile Song [4:12] 
Written by Roger Waters. Performed by the Chris P Cauley Collective
Free   Download MP3

The Collective

The Chris P Cauley Collective

Genius Boy

Genius Boy

Mr. Gone

Mr. Gone

The Wizard

The Wizard

Thundersticks

Thundersticks

Chris P

Chris P

Join our mailing list for the latest news


all music, lyrics and content © Chris P Cauley 2008